CSNbbs

Giving up dream is 'committing suicide to your future,' UAB football player tells Chelsea leaders
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index....ver_sports

Had forgotten that Chris Bradford, our quarterback whose career was ended by that drunken-driving piece of bammer filth David Palmer, was from Chelsea. What became of him afterwards?

Can't remember where & when it was discussed but I talked with someone about Chris several weeks ago. I'll have to try and remember who I talked with.

(03-18-2015 11:03 AM)58-56 Wrote: [ -> ]Had forgotten that Chris Bradford, our quarterback whose career was ended by that drunken-driving piece of bammer filth David Palmer, was from Chelsea. What became of him afterwards?

You can't find any articles about that but I do remember it. It was quickly swept under the rug. wasn't that his second DUI?

He had several DUI's and various altercations.

I can't remember if this was the incident or not but I think Palmer's mom wore a t-shirt to the hearing that had something like **** Happens or something similar written on it.

The local media did not care to mention at all that a UAB football players was the victim in the accident.

Nope it was covered up.

(03-18-2015 02:35 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-18-2015 11:03 AM)58-56 Wrote: [ -> ]Had forgotten that Chris Bradford, our quarterback whose career was ended by that drunken-driving piece of bammer filth David Palmer, was from Chelsea. What became of him afterwards?

You can't find any articles about that but I do remember it. It was quickly swept under the rug. wasn't that his second DUI?

I believe so. This specific incident resulted in a half-game suspension from Gene Stallings, I do recall that clearly (I knew Bradford when I worked at UAB, and was pretty much infuriated, moreso than he was, to his credit). Bradford had won the starting job in the spring but never played again.

I'm much less sure on the t-shirt incident's underlying crime, but I think that was related to some of Palmer's multiple failure-to-pay-child-support cases, which, like his children, were legion.

The News did mention the names of Palmer's DUI victims but not the UAB connection. Local media was too busy hyping "The Deuce for Heisman" to give much concern to the human wreckage strewn along his path; the suspension was turned into one of those typical "overcoming adversity" story lines.

(03-18-2015 04:18 PM)58-56 Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-18-2015 02:35 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-18-2015 11:03 AM)58-56 Wrote: [ -> ]Had forgotten that Chris Bradford, our quarterback whose career was ended by that drunken-driving piece of bammer filth David Palmer, was from Chelsea. What became of him afterwards?

You can't find any articles about that but I do remember it. It was quickly swept under the rug. wasn't that his second DUI?

I believe so. This specific incident resulted in a half-game suspension from Gene Stallings, I do recall that clearly (I knew Bradford when I worked at UAB, and was pretty much infuriated, moreso than he was, to his credit). Bradford had won the starting job in the spring but never played again.

I'm much less sure on the t-shirt incident's underlying crime, but I think that was related to some of Palmer's multiple failure-to-pay-child-support cases, which, like his children, were legion.

The News did mention the names of Palmer's DUI victims but not the UAB connection. Local media was too busy hyping "The Deuce for Heisman" to give much concern to the human wreckage strewn along his path; the suspension was turned into one of those typical "overcoming adversity" story lines.

Palmer was delivered to, and taken from the games in a police cruiser for several games that season.